Archives for Mar,2008

One thing changed with Leopard is the socket for Mysql. It moved to /private/tmp, so you may need to configure your php.ini file to point it to the new location. To do so, open the file ‘/private/etc/php.ini‘, (if no such file exists, then make a...

Occasionally a new user will run in to mod_rewrite issues, so I’ll mention them marginally here. If the Cake welcome page looks a little funny (no images or css styles), it probably means mod_rewrite isn’t functioning on your system. Here...

Setting up mod_rewrite in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy GibonMod_rewrite is a very important library to enable search engine friendly URLs in apache web server. Almost every framework takes advantage of this mod to make user experience more colorful while browsing...

An Introduction to Rewriting origianl post Readable URLs are nice. A well designed website will have a logical file system layout, with smart folder and file names, and as many implementation details left out as possible. In the most well designed sites,...

post original In order for you to use Perl to communicate with MySQL, you will need to install the Perl DBI and DBD::mysql modules. This process is quite straightfoward and standardized. To “make” the Perl modules, you MUST install the Mac...

original post I’m going to explain you how to setup CakePHP 1.2 to output JSON with help of Router::parseExtensions() and the JavascriptHelper::object() method. In this example we’re going to use a simple posts controller like the one in the Cake...

Leopard Tip: VNC Client I’ve been using “Chicken of the VNC” for about 6 months in Tiger. Although ”Chicken of the VNC” is a great app I have noticed that the development has been halted for over 2 years now. With the advent of OS 10.5 Leopard...